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idiom informal. Add to word list. a situation in which someone changes quickly from being very popular or successful to being very unpopular or unsuccessful: from hero to zero In a demonstration of the fickleness of the public, the Prime Minister has gone from hero to zero in just four months.
- Marie Antoinette went from being one of the most privileged people in the world to having her headless body tossed in an unmarked grave. From being among the most privileged people in the whole world to being held up as an enemy of the people and executed in front of a baying mob, the fall of Marie Antoinette was as spectacular as it was rapid.
- Aisin-Gioro Puyi, China’s Last Emperor, went from living in the Forbidden Kingdom to working as a gardener living in a shack. The man better known as Puyi was born into remarkable wealth and splendor in the year 1906.
- Crassus went from a life of luxury to death by liquid gold. As every good student of history knows, Julius Caesar suffered a sudden – and violent – fall from power.
- Justinian II lost his empire… and his nose. When he ascended to the throne, Justinian II inherited a vast – and, more importantly, stable – empire. He ruled over millions of people and enjoyed untold wealth.
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English from hero to zero informal used to say that someone goes from being very successful or admired to being very unsuccessful or unpopular → hero.
Aug 5, 2016 · Learn the meaning, history and popularity of the informal expression \"from zero to hero\", which means to change from unsuccessful to successful. See examples from movies, books and other sources, and compare with its opposite \"from hero to zero\".
- Regarding who made "from zero to hero" popular during the 90s. This phrase was used as the tagline of the 1994 movie The Mask , starring Jim Car...
- SUPPLEMENTARY TO Silenus' ANSWER: The earliest instance of "zero to hero" I find in Google Books is from 1893, on page 5 of an "Address Before th...
- With respect to @Jonathan Piccirilli comment about the origin of " ditch that zero and get with this hero ", it appears that the expression was mad...
- It’s worth noting that the trailer for the 1985 John Hughes movie “Weird Science” used the following tag line: “They went from zeroes to heroes in...
Jul 30, 2021 · Learn the origin and usage of the phrases to go from zero to hero and to go from hero to zero, which mean to rise or fall in popularity or success. See examples from literature, sports, politics and more.
According to Merriam-Webster, a hero is “a person admired for achievements and noble qualities” while zero is “a value of a magnitude that is intermediate between the largest and smallest values of a finite set of numbers.”
